Castles in the Limousin

Château fort
23200 Aubusson

The remains of Aubusson Castle, located in New Aquitaine, date from the 11th, 14th and 15th centuries. This castle, formerly owned by the Viscounts of Aubusson, dominates the city and bears witness to its medieval and Renaissance history, before its partial destruction in 1632 by order of Richelieu.

Château fort
87700 Aixe-sur-Vienne

The castle of the Viscounts of Limoges, built in the 13th century in Aix-sur-Vienne (Haute-Vienne), is a castle in ruins, witness to medieval conflicts and equipped with an octagonal enclosure and a chapel dedicated to Saint Georges.

Château fort
87150 Cussac

The Château de Cromières, built between the 13th and 17th centuries in Cussac in Haute-Vienne, is a historical monument combining medieval architecture and Renaissance, marked by its towers and its frieze of merlons.

Château
23500 Felletin

The Château d'Arfeuille, built from the 15th century in Felletin en Creuse, is an architectural complex combining medieval donjon, Renaissance house body and 18th-century amenities, surrounded by gardens and classified outbuildings.

Château fort
87230 Les Cars

The Château des Cars, built in the 16th and 18th centuries, is a former castle in ruins located in the Cars in Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine. A symbol of the prestige of the Limousin, it combined aristocratic residence and fortifications adapted to firearms, before its partial destruction to the Revolution.

Château Médiéval et Renaissance
19500 Curemonte

The Château de la Johannie, a 14th century feudal house in Curemonte en Corrèze, is a historic building inscribed with historical monuments, marked by architectural transformations and changes of owners over the centuries.

Château de style néo-gothique
87300 Saint-Bonnet-de-Bellac

Bagnac Castle, a 19th-century neo-Gothic building in Saint-Bonnet-de-Bellac (Nouvelle-Aquitaine), rebuilt on the ruins of a medieval castle, illustrates troubadour architecture and the royalist history of its sponsors.

Château
19410 Orgnac-sur-Vézère

Comborn Castle, a medieval fortress of the 11th, 14th and 15th centuries, dominates Orgnac-sur-Vézère in Corrèze. Its vestiges and 18th-century home bear witness to a rich limousine history, linked to the Viscounts of Comborn and noble families such as the Pompadour or Mirabeau.